Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
I’m going way back to the 1950’s and I used to get the bus to the game in St. Anne Street and many times there would be Everton players on the bus. Dave Hickson, John Willie Parker, Ted Buckle, Jimmy Harris and one or two others and they’d gab away to us especially Dave Hickson— in our promotion year after we had lost away to Leeds me and my mates spotted the Everton coach outside an hotel and we were chatting to all the players when Cliff Britton, the manager, came towards the bus he asked me had we had anything to eat producing a pound note from his pocket, I told him we were okay we’d just had fish and chips so the pound went back in his pocket, lovely genuine gesture though—-Imagine those events happening today— a lot of them have security men stopping you from having a conversation with them— that’s if you wanted to chat to half of them!Something in that. 66 England went on the underground as they did for every match. They weren't celebrities back then, neither were they paid.
Remember Paul Bracewell knocking at my door down in Wales as he heard through our muns i suppported Everton thus gave me two signed picture post cards and signed 86 England top. Never would happen now unless there was angle to exploit...
Draw a line at signaling individual home plsyet out for booing but poor team effort is fair game. Dyche and kopite would have many more matches if it were not acrimonious booing Goodison.
Incidentally spirit of Goodison found its way down to the "dock" yesterday afternoon after that penalty went in. Got the crowd going. If you want cheers expect the boos.